Child labour in global society
Title By: Close, Paul [Edited by]
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BookSeries: Sociological studies of children and youth ; 17.Publisher: Bingley, U.K. : Emerald, c2014.Description: xi, 246 p. ; 24 cm.ISBN: 9781783507795Subject(s): Social Science -- Children's Studies | Society & culture: general | Age groups: children | Child labor | BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Labor | POLITICAL SCIENCE / Labor & Industrial RelationsDDC classification: 331.31 CH IL Online resources: Location Map | Item type | Home library | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds |
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| REGULAR | University of Wollongong in Dubai Main Collection | 331.31 CH IL (Browse shelf) | Available | T0028627 |
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| 331.295957 LI SI Singapore's National Wages Council : | 331.2973 FR WH What workers want / | 331.3 GE NE Generational diversity at work : | 331.31 CH IL Child labour in global society | 331.341370973 VO GE Generation jobless? : | 331.398 AG EI Age in the workplace : | 331.4 CO MP Competitive frontiers : |
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Introduction : a perspective on child labour as slavery / Paul Close -- Child labour and slavery in modern society / Paul Close -- The education industry, compulsory schooling and globalization / Paul Close -- Children's educational labour as slave labour / Paul Close -- Conclusion : the sociology of children's labour, schooling and slavery / Paul Close.
This book presents a novel study of children's compulsory productive educational labour in modern and modernizing societies under globalization, and the implications for such matters as childreńs everyday lives, relationships and rights, international legal instruments, relevant analytical notions (including slavery), and sociological analysis.